Fishing tackle retriever



Aug. 16, 1949. w. la.l J. woocK I 2,479,448

FISHING TACKLE RETRIEVER Filed Oct. 7, 1946 JM l Y Patented Aug. i6,1949 UNITED ISTATES PATENT OFFICE FISHING TACKLE RETRIEVER Walter R. J.Woock, Lodi, Calif. Application October 7, 1948, Serial No. 701,758

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a means for retrieving fish lines, plugs,jiggers, and their hooks, and lures which have been snaggedv at thebottom of the water.

The object of the invention is to provide a means for effectivelydislodging a snagged plug and jigger or the like from the object towhich it is snagged, or retrieving the entire hook and line and theobject on which it is snagged to prevent loss of any portion of theline, hook, or lure. This equipment is somewhat costly and its recoveryintact is therefore quite desirable.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claima In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved retriever.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Pig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the bottom ringof the retriever.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral i designates a substantially solid shank ofrelatively heavy. material, in the top of which is an eye 2 to which isconnected a relatively stout cord l. On the face of the element I, andin spaced relation along the length thereof, are a pair of projectinglugs 4 which are centrally loriiiced, as at l, and leading into whichorifices are diagonally disposed slots 0. Projecting downwardly from thebottom of the element I are a number of spaced finger bars l, on thebottom of which is supported a ring 8, such ring having a diagonallydisposed threading slot l cut through the body thereof.

About the bottom of the ring l are a number of spaced hooks il; saidhooks curving inwardly and upwardly toward the longitudinal axis of thering and about the inner circumferential surface thereof, terminatingwithin the confines of said When a hook II on the plug, jigger or thelike at the bottom of the nah line i2 or any part of the lure on theline becomes snagged on an ob- Ject. as at I3, my retriever is broughtinto play in the following manner:

The line i2 is threaded through the slots l and l so that it has astraight line position through the entire retrieving unit. Through themedium of the cord I the retriever is then allowed to slidedownthciishlinc i2. Whenitreachesthobottom of the line adjacent a snagthe ring I may possibly pass over the snag, and then by a straight pullon the cord 3 the snag, fish hook, and fish line may be brought to thesurface of the water; this by reason of the fact that one or more of thehooks will bite into the snag in holding relation. If the snag is tooheavy or too large to be brought to the surface the retriever unit maybe manipulated until one of the upper hooks I4 on the plug or ligger isengaged by one of the hooks I0. A straight line pull on the cord 3 willthen either pullthe snagged hook Il free or bend it straight and thusrelieve it from the snag. All of this canl be done without injury to theplug or jigger.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there hasbeen produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth `in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations therefrommay be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of theinvention, asdefined by the appended 4- claim.

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new anduseful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired: j-

A retriever for the purpose described comprising a shank, means on theshank whereby al fish line may be threaded therethroughv to extend alongthe shank, divergent bars onthe shank at one end thereof. and extendingsubstantially longitudinally of the axis of the shank, a relativelyheavy ring secured to the lower end of the bars,

. means whereby a fish line may be threaded into the ring, and aplurality of hooks xed rigidly to the bottom of the ring and curvinginwardly and upwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the ring, andabout the inner circumferential surface of such ring, said hooksterminating within the confines of the ring.

WALTER R. J. WOOCK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain 1906

